Monet and Architecture (Hardcover)

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The first book to focus on Monet’s work through his representation of architecture

In an innovative approach, Richard Thomson considers Claude Monet’s paintings of buildings in their environment, offering a reappraisal of an artist more often associated with landscapes, seascapes, and gardens. Buildings fulfilled various roles in Monet’s canvases; some are chiefly compositional devices while others throw into sharp contrast the forms of man-made construction against the irregularity of nature, or suggest the absent presence of humans. The theme was both central and consistent over five decades of his 60-year career.
 
Written by a renowned expert on Impressionism, this book covers Monet’s representations of historical buildings, inner cities, beach resorts, railway bridges and stations, suburban housing, and busy harbors—subjects spanning northern France, the Mediterranean, and the cities of Rouen, London, and Venice.  In addition to 75 great paintings by Monet, this thematic, picture-led book includes a wealth of comparative material, such as postcards, posters, original travel photography, and rarely seen aerial photography that sets Monet’s work firmly in its historical, cultural, and social framework.

Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press


Exhibition Schedule:

National Gallery, London
(04/09/18–07/29/18)

About the Author


Richard Thomson is Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh.
 

Praise For…


"Valuable . . . This handsome catalogue . . . reveals how [Monet] captured the dancing moments of architectural reality.”—Jeffrey Meyers, Architectural Record

“Clear, jargon-free, and accessible . . . A strong addition to the literature on Monet.”—Sandra Rothenberg, ARLIS/NA Reviews

Product Details
ISBN: 9781857096170
ISBN-10: 1857096177
Publisher: National Gallery London
Publication Date: May 15th, 2018
Pages: 240
Language: English